Paper Arts

I am creating these hexagon shapes and my hive I am also using a knife and scissors to cut out paper for another piece I am making.  I am trying to keep a few pieces going at once, in efforts to not be in a rut.

I cut negative space into my paper, 140 pound watercolor paper, in an effort to create a shadow effect once on display.

I am not sure how these pieces will interact with my beeswax body of work.  However, I am excited to see where this paper path takes me.

Below are the finished results of hours of cutting paper.  I hope to put these together with paper cut outs made with black paper.  I also hope to integrate wood sculptures with dramatic shadows and twine into the piece.  The goal of this piece is to play with the shadows which each component can create.    

I Am In It With All My Heart.

I started to assemble my beeswax piece.  All of the components are coming together nicely.  I put the pieces I have thus far together the other night.    

The piece undulates in unique ways.  I have tried to stay true to the form of the piece.  I let it hang where it drops naturally.

I took a trip with professor and mentor Totem Shriver a few days after I hung up my piece.  We went to see a beekeeper and their hives.

They were beautiful.  Even though there was no beeswax to purchase, the hives were all incredible.

I am inspired by the natural shape of the hexagon and what it has to show and teach me.  I hope to do the hive justice in my work. 

I am excited to finish this work.

I Am Striving...

I am striving...  I am in a constant mode of striving and through this mode have developed the following pieces.

And I have gotten better at making these beeswax pieces.

They now look cleaner, more dynamic than ever before.

These pieces are made from embossing powder, beeswax and cans.

I am pleasantly surprised at how confident I am getting at manipulating the beeswax.

I Am Seeking.

The bee starts a task, finishes it, starts another task, finishes it, and so it goes on in a rhythmic fashion until every job is complete.  This is how I approached creating every component of this piece.  The process of sewing became meditative, and one stitch at a time, one task at a time, a hive began to form.  With the womb, the ideal safety place, in mind I have created this hive; a place of work, a place of rest, a place to feel.